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Mr Roy said he was driven to Sinjar, which was overrun by ISIS in 2014 and retaken by Kurdish forces late last year. The Peshmerga the called in an airstrike and within half an hour jets were overhead.

Writing in The Australian today, Mr Roy said visited the disputed region because he wanted to see the conflict for himself.

"The advantage of doing an unofficial trip is the low profile - instead of getting whisked around on a whistlestop tour, you can really take the time to get out on the ground," Mr Roy said in an opinion piece for The Australian.

"I was there to see a mate, get a feel for the environment and talk to policymakers and industry leaders about their experience."